Meet our team

25 Year Water Industry Veteran. Former executive and operations professional with Aqua America, Inc. (now Essential, NYSE: WTRG, one of the nation's largest Water utilities), Owner/Operator of KBX Golden, LLC (treatment plant operations, maintenance, repair) and Meidligner Partners (Water VC).

Assignments with Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC, Water Utility Funding (federal and state levels)), Keystone Engineering Group (Water Automation / SCADA), MOR Construction (large Water infrastructure projects), and more.

Investor / Board member of numerous successful Water industry technology and service companies including RedZone Robotics and Environmental Operating Solutions.

Villanova University, Bachelors of Science, Business Administration.

University of Texas at Austin, Masters of Science, Technology Commercialization.

Senior Executive Leader offering over 40 years of industry experience with a blend of management, operational, and project development expertise, focused principally on municipal and industrial infrastructure. Served as a Senior Executive for some of the largest, global water and wastewater services companies including:

Inframark - Responsible for a team that contributed new growth and expansion of existing business from $180M/year to over $500M/year annual revenue, including acquisitions;  expanded Inframark’s delivery options from short-term O&M contracts to longer-term O&M, Design Build Operate, and DBFO&M offerings. These offerings focus on emerging markets, including beneficial reuse and brackish water RO facilities in the municipal and industrial sectors. Executive team member responsible for positioning the company for sale to private equity, which we sold the company twice while I led growth for the organization. Responsible for rebranding the organization and updating all marketing and communications materials

Parsons -  Proven results in leading teams developing extensive engineering and construction projects throughout the US and Canada. Service offerings include Public-Private-Partnerships, Design Build, program management, design, and construction management; examples of success include developing and closing a $250M DB projects, a $600 capex CM project, and many $200M capex CM and program management deals. Most of the deals I worked on Involved wastewater/CSO in the ground infrastructure

United Water - Responsible for originating, developing, and negotiating long-term, multi-million dollar water outsourcing solutions for strategic national and international accounts; directed the development of PPP deals of more than $1B with large municipal and private clients, closing on over $500M in new business

City of Los Angeles Water, CA - Start-up Specialist

Mark has also owned and operated his own Infrastructure consulting and management firms and is a regular speaker at industry conferences and events.

Mr. Halleman excels at:

• Providing investors with insight into the water infrastructure markets and supporting due diligence for acquisitions

• Providing both sell and buy-side advisory services

• Advising companies on municipal water and wastewater market entry and expansion strategies

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology, Clarion University, Pennsylvania

BOARD AND COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

• Member of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) Contract Operation Committee 2019-2022

• Water Design-Build Council Board Member 2014-2016

• 2006-2008 Crafton, PA Planning Commissioner

Timothy Male, PhD, founded the Environmental Policy Innovation Center in 2017. EPIC is a 50-person non-profit with teams focused on water infrastructure finance and technology deployment for environmental purposes.

Prior to launching this startup, he served as an Associate Director at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Vice President for Conservation Policy at Defenders of Wildlife, Director at National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Co-Director of agriculture policy at Environmental Defense Fund.

He holds degrees in biology from Yale University and the University of Hawaii. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Science magazine and a diversity of peer-reviewed journals.

He has received a Marshall Memorial Fellowship and AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship (declined).

He is well known for his work in water infrastructure strategy and environmental markets.